identification

Profiles approximately eighty common mammals of North America, providing color photos and details on each one's geographical range, distinguishing characteristics, habitat, and similar species.

Explains how to find and identify over 300 genera of fossils.

Covers 1500 species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, food and game fishes, mollusks, and the principal marine invertebrates of eastern North America.

Presents color-illustrated profiles of over one hundred horse and pony breeds grouped by size, describing their physical features, histories, temperaments, and unique traits.

Large, detailed color illustrations group the snakes by color, pattern and size, and range maps show the parts of North America where the species is found.

Profiles over three hundred rare, common, ancient, and modern varieties of decorative stone, arranged by geologic type, color, and markings, providing color photos and describing their geology, quarry sources, past and present uses, and historical associations.

Presents photographs and descriptions of 278 species of North American trees, arranged alphabetically by botanical name, with information about each tree's habitat preferences, growing habits, identifying characteristics, and environmental and human values.

Examines the history of criminal identification, looking at the methods that have been used to prove individual identity and discussing how society came to accept fingerprinting as infallible.

Presents photographs and descriptions of over six hundred specimens of minerals, rocks, and fossils, and includes brief information about building a collection.

Contains descriptions and photographs of approximately six hundred minerals, rocks, and meteorites, providing information about the history, origin, structure, composition, properties, classification, and location of each specimen.